Combined cleaner and paper-hanger.



.l. W. JONES & A. E. & W. W'. PRlCE. COMBINED CLEANER AND PAPER HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAYIZ l9l4 1,134,204. Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @EFIQE.

JOHN WILLIAM JONES, ALBERT EDWARD PRICE, AND WILLIAM VTI-IILEY PRICE, OF EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO.

COMBINED CLEANER AND PAPER-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

Application filed May 12, 1914. Serial No. 838,121.

T all whom it may] concern Be it known that we, JOHN W. JoNns, ALBERT E. PRICE, and WILLIAM W. Peron, citizens of the United States, residing at East Liverpool, in the county of Columbiana and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Cleaners and Paper-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to new and useful improvements in combined brushes and w1n dow washing devices, the primary ob]ect of our invention being the provision of a device which may be employed for washing and drying windows, brushlng floors, walls or ceilings and which may be further ut1- lized to wipe windows, floors, walls or ceilings and also as a paper hangers device to apply the upper ends of strips of paper to the wall near the ceiling without the employment of scaflolds or ladders.

Primarily, our invention consists 1n the provision of a handle terminating at one end in a yoke having spaced arms between which is revolubly mounted a head member including in its construction a brush which may be used either for washing or dusting purposes, a strip of rubber or other suitable material which may be used for drying windows after washing, and a clamp which may be employed in attaching a cloth about the brush or in securing one end of a strip of wall paper when the device is to be employed by a paper hanger.

In this connection, a further object of our invention is to provide means for adjustably clamping the head, which is revolubly mounted, at any desired inclination in order to selectively bring the brush or rubber strip into operative position with respect to the work upon which the device is being employed.

A still further object of our invention is to provide means operable from the opposite end of the handle for releasing the clamp when desired.

With these and other objects in view, our invention will be more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and then specifically pointed out in the claims which are attached to and form a part of this application. 1

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a perspective view of our invention, part of the handle being broken away to permit showing of the device upon an enlarged scale; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing the clamp mechanism; Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the device, showing the manner in which it is employed to brush a wall or other vertical surface; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side elevational view showing the device employed in cleaning windows, a portion of a window casing being shown in vertical section. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of our improved device employed in paper hanging.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

In its preferred embodiment, our invention includes a handle 10 preferably formed of wood and having a threaded portion 11 adapted for detachable engagement in the internally threaded socket 12 which carries a head supporting yoke 13 extending transversely with respect to the handle and terminating in parallel spaced head engaging arms 14.

The head, indicated as a whole by the numeral 15, includes a head proper 16 and a clamp plate 17. The head proper, which is substantially rectangular in shape, is provided at each end with a bracket 18, these brackets being secured to the ends of the head by screws 19 or other suitable fastening devices. Each bracket is provided with a trunnion 20 adapted to pass through eyes 21 formed in the free ends of the yoke arms 14 and one of these trunnions is threaded to receive a winged clamping nut 22. By this means, the brush head is revolubly mounted between the free ends of the yoke arms 14 and yet may be clamped in any adjusted position by proper tightening of the nut 22.

The'brush head proper 16 is provided throughout its length along one edge with a plurality of bristles forming a brush 23, these bristles being set in or secured in the brush head in any suitable manner and such brush head is further provided with a window drying strip 24 of rubber or other suitable material which extends from the brush head at right angles to the brush 23. Directly or diametrically opposite the brush 23, the brush head 16 is provided with a longitudinal extension or shoulder 25 and the clamp late 17, which is rectanguler in shape 1s hingedly connected at its rear edge to the rear face of this shoulder 25 by spaced 7 hinges 26. V

Spaced L-shaped brackets 27 are secured by screws or other fastening devices 28 to the clamp plate has its rear edge cut-away as shown at 31 in order to permit slight swinging of the clamping plate with respect to the brush head before it engages the u wardly directed arms of the brackets. iishaped keeper hooks 32 have their shank portions passed through the slots 29 and threaded into the upper face. of' the clamp plate 17, the free arms of the keeper hooks being directed forwardly in spaced relation above the free arms of the brackets 27. Helical springs 33 engage about the shank portions of these hooks, bearing between the free arms of the brackets 27 and washers 34 which in turn bear upon the upper face of V the clamping plate and about the hook shanks. These springs tend, at all times, to

hold the clampingplate in close locking engagement with'the upper plane surface face of the brush head proper 16.

An eye-bolt 35 is threaded or otherwise secured inthe intermediate'portion of the clamping plate adjacent its forward edge and a tubular coupling member 36 is bifurcated at one end to straddle the eye of this Q eye-bolt to which it is pivotally connected by. a rivet or other pivotal fastening device '37. The free end of this coupling member is internally threaded to receive the threaded end of an operating rod 38'. This operating rod has its upper end bent in substans tially semi-circular configuration as shown at 39 and its lower end bent to form a laterally projecting handle portion 40.

The main body portion of the operating rod extends in parallel spaced relation to the handle proper 10 of the instrument and is maintained against swinging movement by a U-shaped clamp 41 of resilient metal, the bight portion of which fits closely about the handle 10 and the free arm portions of which are bent inwardly somewhat and per; forated to receive a clamping bolt 42. The operating rod extends between these arms and between the handle and clamping bolt 42, such parts coacting to form a guide for the operating rod. By suitably tightening the clamping bolt 42, the U-shaped clamp 41 may be secured at any desired position upon the handle 10. v

From the foregoing description, taken'in connection with the drawings, the operation of our improved device will be readily understood and but a brief explanation is therefore deemed necessary, When the device'is to be employed for brushing vertical surfaces, such as 'walls and the like, the

clamping nut22' is loosened and the brush headas a whole revolved to substantially the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings when the clamping nut is again tightened to prevent any turning movement of the brush "head; This position is also the preferred position of the brush head when the device is to be employed for brushing floors. If" the device is to be employed for brushing ceilings or overhead objects, the

clamping nut is loosened and the brush head turned until the brush extends at a position substantially intermediate between the positions shown in Figs. 4 and 5, thatis, in the plane of the handle 10 when the nut is again tightened to secure the brush. against turning. Under any of these conditions, a cloth may be positioned about the brush with its free ends secured between the brush head and clamping plate and the device therefore used to wipe rather than brush the I surfaces to be cleaned.

When the device is used to wash windows, 1

the brush may be swung to the position then the brush'headswung'to the position ployment of the rubber window 'cleaning strip24" as there shown, this'strip being drawn along the face ofthe glass 43 of the window sash 44. j hen the device is employed in hanging paper, the brushhead is, set to the position shown in Fig. 5, the strip of paper'45'to be applied, after having its reverse face coated with paste, has one end secured be tween the 'brushf-head and clamping plate as shown in such figure and the strip then raised'to the proper position with respect to the wall 46, the strip of paper extending upwardly over the brush and then hangingdownwardly therefrom. By this means, the brush may be employed to force thestrip of paper against the wall and as soon as it becomes engaged with the wall, the clamp is released by pulling downwardly' upon the operating, rod 38 when upward" movement of the brush 'will force'the. upper end of the strip of paper against the wall to secure it. After the upper end'of the paper has been so applied, the brush may be 'moved downwardly across the outer surface of the paper. to secure it throughout its length. Un der some circumstances, if desired, the head of the instrument may be further turned in shown in Fig. 3 to wash the window and order that the paper being applied may be 7 passed over the squeegee 24 and this member used to force it into engagement with the wall. For this reason, the broadterm of whole to all the various positions shown and above described is permitted, irrespective of the operating rod 88 because of the semi circular curvature 39 of the upper portion of the rod and its pivotal connection to the eye-bolt 35. Inasmuch as the operating rod may be readily disconnected from the eyebolt coupling 36 and the handle 10 from the socket 12, it will be apparent that the brush may be readily removed from its handle and operating rod for convenience in storage, packing or shipment.

It will of course be understood that we do not wish in any way to limit ourselves to the specific details of construction, illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification, as various minor changes, within the scope of the appended claims, may be made at any time, without in the slightest degree departing from the spirit of our invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A device of the character described including a handle carried yoke, a head revolubly supported in the yoke, means for clamping the head in adjusted position, a brush carried by and extending longitudinally of the head, and a clamping plate hinged to the head and normally held in close engagement therewith.

2. A device of the character described including a handle carried yoke, a head supported in the yoke, a brush carried by and extending longitudinally of the head, a. clamping plate hinged to the head and means normally holding it in close engagement therewith, said holding means including L shaped brackets carried by the head and extending by their free arms over the clamping plate, said arms being slotted, keeper hooks carried by the clamping plate and extending through the slots of the brackets, and springs bearing between the clamping plates and brackets and surrounding the keeper hooks.

3. A device of the character described including a handle carried yoke, a head revolubly mounted in the yoke, means for securing the head in adjusted position, a clamping plate hinged to the head, means for yieldably holding the clamping plate in engagement with the head, and means for swinging the clamping plate away from the head.

4. A device of the character described in cluding a handle carried yoke, a head revolubly mounted in the yoke, means for holding the head in adjusted position, a clamping plate hinged to the head, means for yieldably holding the clamping plate in engagement with the head, and means for swinging the clamping plate away from the head, irrespective of the position of the latter, said means including an operating rod having slidable connection with the handle, and an arcuate terminal pivotally connected to the intermediate portion of the clamping plate.

5. A device of the character described including a handle, a socket having detachable connection with the handle, a yoke having spaced arms, a head revolubly mounted be tween said arms, means for clamping the head in adjusted position, a brush carried by and extending longitudinally of the head, and a clamping plate connected to the head and normally engaging against the head, the engaging surfaces between the plate and head lying in a plane parallel to the plane of the brush.

6. A device of the character described including a handle, a yoke having spaced arms carried by the handle, a head revolubly mounted between said arms, means for clamping the head in adjusted position, a brush carried by and extending longitudinally of the head, and a clamping plate connected to the head and normally engaging against the head, the engaging surfaces between the plate and head lying in a plane parallel to the plane of the brush, and means extending along the handle and operatively connected to the clamping plate for moving the latter from the head.

7. A device of the character described including a handle, a yoke having spaced arms carried by the handle, a head revolubly mounted between said arms, means for clamping the head in adjusted position, a brush carried by and extending longitudinally of the head, and a clamping plate connected to the head and normally engaging against the head, the engaging surfaces between the plate and head lying in a plane parallel to the plane of the brush, and means extending along the handle and operatively connected to the clamping plate for moving the latter from the head, said means permitting turning of the head in the yoke.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN WILLIAM JONES. n 8.] ALBERT EDWARD PRICE. 1,. s] WILLIAM vnnLEY PRICE. [1,. s]

Witnesses:

E. H. MCELVAVY, WVILLIAM B. HOFFMAN.

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Washington, D. G. 

